APPLE CIDER DONUT CAKE INGREDIENTS: For the Cake: Yellow cake mix 3/4 cup apple cider 1/4 cup water 1⁄2 cup apple sauce 3 eggs 1 tbsp brown sugar 1 tsp vanilla 1/8 cup cinnamon 1⁄4 cup sugar 1⁄4 cup melted margarinE For the...
During Aseres Yemei Teshuvah, some people ask for a drop more money, or a little bit more success, etc. But we can ask for so much more, and Hashem will give it to us. This is the time when...
And they spoke to him (Yaakov) all of Yosef’s words that he spoke to them, and he saw the wagons that Yaakov sent to carry him, and the spirit of Yaakov their father was brought to life! Bereishis...
Teshuvah requires a supporting “cast” As Rosh Hashanah approaches, we are reminded that sincere teshuvah requires serious introspection and conscientious planning for a better year. The shofar alerts us that the time has come: We need to confess our wrongdoings,...
This Erev Rosh HaShana marks twenty-five years since 9/11. For those of us who lived it, it is a day that will forever be etched in our hearts. The images of the burning...
Dear Rabbi and Shira, Thank you for your column! I read it with my family every week and we enjoy discussing it! I am in a relationship with a wonderful young lady,...
Everything that will take place this year was already decreed on Rosh Hashanah, so why daven? There are many different approaches to answer this question, and many of them are based on material that was discussed in the preceding chapters. The...
I. Undistinguished Fathers A chazzan who leads the synagogue services represents the community before G-d, so halachah asks more of him than a good voice. Ideally he should be righteous, humble, acceptable to the congregation, well versed in Torah,...
The “highlight,” so-to- speak, of the Rosh Hashanah prayers is the sounding of the shofar. In all, 100 sounds are blown over the course of the prayer service on Rosh Hashanah. What is the meaning and significance of this...
Parshas Vayelech contains the six hundred and thirteenth mitzvah of the Torah – the commandment to write a Sefer Torah [Devorim 31:19]. The Pnei Yehoshua cites in his commentary on Tractate Kiddushin that the fact that the number of...